Examples:
The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar.
The patient has a stress fracture in her heel.
The earthquake relieved the stress that had built up along the fault line.
John is an engineer who designs stress tests for home appliances.

Mappings:WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: thematic emphasis, attention, focus

Examples:
Her voice teachers places a lot of stress on diction and posture.
The stress was more on achieving accuracy than speed.
He has started to lay greater stress on the government's role in industry.

Mappings:WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 5: a cause or source of duress, worry

Commentary: STRESS[+cause][+tension]
NOTE: refers to an external source of stress for a subject
NOTE: in the form 'stress of X' and 'X BE stress'

Examples:
She was unable to cope with the ordinary stresses of life.
The client's changing demands have been a stress for our whole department.
Individual soldiers cope with the stress of combat differently.